Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-12
ALMOST A RIOT.
Caused by Attempts to Arrest an Armed
and Vicious Anarchist.

anu vicious Anarchist
The police had strict orders not to allow
crowds to congregate, and people who
walked along the street leading TO the Jail
were kept moving. Ii was good-natured,
well-dressed crowd, and not a word was
heard that could be interpreted as an at
tempt to create excitement. at 10 o'clock
there were fully 10000 persons surround
ing the police, but were kept moving ex-
cept where they congregated two blocks
from the Jail and stood in groups
watching the sombre building At
the moment the trap fell, and
the word reached the outside, half
dozen incidents occurred to throw the
crowded streets into the widest excitement.
As the throngs were crowding forward the
East Chicago avenue patrol came dashing
down on the crowd at full speed, with its
gong wringing. Shouts and cries arose
from the multitude, which, dividing into
halves. rushed upon the walks with crush
ing force. Through this passage the wagon
flew to the corner CT Kinsie street, where it
encountered mass of struggling beings
that could not give way. In the center of
the crush half dozen policemen were
struggling with prisoner, endeavoring TO
clear an exit. The arrest of this man had
been the source of the excitement, and the
rush of people was uncomfortable.
BLATANT ANARCHIST.
The prisoner had attracted attention by
the loud and insurrectionary remarks he
delivered from the curb of Clark and Kin
zie streets. Officer Garrity, of the day
squad, pushed through the crowd, and
seizing the orator by the shoulders showed
him along, with instructions to "move on"
AS he did SO the officer struck the man
across the hips with his club. The blow
gave back a sharp, metallic sound that
could come from neither flesh nor clothing.
Instantly the man whirled
AND WHIPPED LARGE REVOLVER
From his hip pocket. Just as quickly of
ficer Smith seized the man, wrenched the
pistol from his hand, and administered an
open-handed blow upon the mans ear In
the vigorous clutches of the officers the
man was dragged to the patrol-box amid
the concentrating crowds and swelling
tumult. A hurried call for help was sent,
and it was in response to this that the pa
trol-wagon dashed:up.
TO COMPLETE THE CONFUSION,
AT this instant powerful double team of
horses, drawing heavy hide-wagon, took
fright at some point east of Dearborn
avenue and came driverless and with trail
ing reins westward and into the crowd.
The line of armed policemen stationed
across Knzie street offered all the resist
ance in their power, but the terrified ami
mails scattered them like chaff, and, plung-
ing through the ropes, dashed onward As
they flew across Dearborn avenue and bore
down upon the crowd, a terrible catastrophe
seemed imminent, but the police finally
succeeded in bringing them up.
The crowd, however, aroused by this sue
cesslon OF exciting events, broke into the
widest turbulence in their effort to escape
from the scene Of peril. The police then
fixed bayonets and made feint at charg-
ing upon the crowd, stopping Just short of
them, and forcing the people away with the
butts of their guns.
The street was soon cleared without any
casualties. The prisoner that had caused a
portion OF this disorder was locked up at
the station, where ne said his name was
Edward Luce, of Logansport, Ind, brake
man. He was booked for disorderly con-
duct, carrying concealed weapons, and
assaulting an officer.
OTHER ARRESTS MADE.
John Trosdahl was arrested this after
noon on North Clark street for refusing to
move on. At the station he was searched
and several pieces of gas-pipe about three
inches long were found in his pockets.
with some pieces of brass. He said that
he is machinist, and that he was carrying
the pipe to use in his business. He was
charged with being disorderly.
VIM. Boyer, German printer, and Her.
man Miller, a German carpenter, were ar
rested for seditious talk. They were booked
and locked up at the Chicago avenue sta
ton as disorderly persons.
AT 2:30 this afternoon two Anarchists,
giving their names as Charles Lobenstein
and Gustav Harris, were arrested on the
front platform of a Randolph-street car
with companion. They were talking in
very loud and threatening manner of
what they are going to do tonight to get
even for the death of their friends and the
friends of the laboring man.